On this week’s “Connect with the Council,” KSAT’s Ernie Zuniga visited Woodlawn Lake Park to chat with District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito.

The mother of two was overwhelmingly elected to a second term in May. In September, Gavito and her council colleagues approved the city’s $4 billion budget for 2026.

“One of the things that I’ve been really pushing on is that our city budget needs to focus on core services,” Gavito said. “We need to focus our police officers, our firefighters, our streets, our sidewalks. The city budget was never intended to be all things to all people.”

“Residents are used to having to tighten their belt when times get tough, and the city needs to do the same thing too. And we need to prioritize what we’re spending our money on,” Gavito continued. “With

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